Friday, September 10, 2010

Force Impulse Gundam: Part 2

So reality came
crashing down on me big time when I finally assembled this Gundam model
kit. I had big dreams of wanting to
paint it up all nicely like the version on the box, but that was until I came
to realize how much time and money would go into doing that. Time is an issue because I have a very low
attention span, and just can’t spare many hours taping this kit up just to
paint it. I also don’t have the
dexterity to keep my hand still in order to paint free hand like most people
do. And then there is the money issue; I
don’t want to pay for all the paint colors that are necessary to make it look
nice. Even when you do have the right
paint, from past failures I have also learned that you need a good air brush
compressor to make the paint job look professional.

Although I did
realize from the beginning that painting it would take a while, I now
acknowledge that “that while” will take longer than what I had anticipated
(here’s hoping I find a great deal on paints and an air compressor sometime
this century). But as far as this model
kit, I have to say I really enjoyed building it. Although the instructions are in Japanese,
the drawings or diagrams make it real simple to follow. The joints attach to one another nicely and
smoothly once you build them together. I
was surprised by how much of an improvement the model appears when the stickers
are added on. The only negative thing I
can say about this model was that the stand that it comes with make’s the
Gundam face the ground. Other than that,
I really enjoyed building this kit and highly recommend it to any novice
starting out.